Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-04
AT GETTYSBURG.
~ al Services of the
Upite,, Forces.
HONOKfNG THE UEAA
Survivors of the Fray Of f6yh
Tribute Of Affection to their
Dead Comrades.
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Associated Press DISPATCHES to the HEaALu
GETTYSBURG. July 3.-Very little
more sleep visited the people OF Gettys.
burg last night than on The night Of
July Fad, 1868. This morning dawned
clear and beautiful, a perfect counter
part Of the memorial day it commemor-
ated. In place of cannon shots, how.
ever, the shrill shrieks of locomotives
broke the Sabbath's stiffness as carly a
8 O'Clock by the arrival of excursions Of
re enforced crowds. Ia the streets the
morning was spent in sightseeing and
going over the field.
THE PROCESSION.
AT l:30 2. NJ. a procession formed 1t
the Eagle Hotel and was lsd. by Adju.
tant Whitecar and followed by The band
which took up It's march toward the,
place where. twenty years before, the
Philadelphia men held their position
against the famous Picketls division of
Longstreets corps of the Army of North.
ern Virginia. At length they reached
the Bloody Angle, the band struck up
Rally Round the Flag, Boys" and the
old Philadelphia brigade stood once 4.
more on the ground they had so nobly
defended against such Overwhelming
odds. The stone fence 10 still standing.
behind which the PhiladelpLia brigade
made its heroic sta nd, and two mona.
ments to the Sixty-ninth and Seventy
tirst are located within q few feet of it.
Some minutes after o'clock the Sixty
ninth marched to q stand erected for the
purpose, and there the assemblaee 90 was
called to order by Colonel O'Brie n. who
introduced Adjutant w. C. McD =, mott,
who read the list OF the killed and
wounded of the Six ty. ninth
regiment.
GENERAL OWENS GRAFTON.
He then presented General J osh us T..
Owen, who delivered an oration. Dur
ng his speech the General said that
he commander of the Philadelp phia
brigade placed them at the stops
wall and knew they would stay there and
nold the position till dark. He referred
% the manner in which they got the
name of "Paddy Owens regulars"
md pointed out General Brown
ssH the man who 90 called them.
He said be hardly knew what to say to
he men, who twenty.four years sgo
o-dsy emerged from the woods 1900
Yards away and made a terrible assault
IN the Union line. Let them place
heir monument where they wish,' he
"Armisted and several 9TH
,rs pierced our line and here within .
ew feet of this spot he fell, wounded
into death. The renowned phslsnxss
# Alexander would not have dared to
q AXE the charge Pickett's brigade made"
md he called for three cheers for Picketti
Division, as proof of friendship. They
we're given with q will, as were also
hree cheers for General Ovens.
The ceremonies of the 69sh being over
he 7lst took the platform aud Captain
stockton introduced General Burns, who
ucceeded General Baker in command,
8 the orator. When he had finished
"Baldy" Smith was presented
nd spoke for only few minutes.
THE MONUMENT.
1t fell upon General Webster to turn
he monument over to the Battlefield
1emorial Association, and he wss 20
,ach affected by the sight of the small
lumber of the brigade remaining, that il
ook him some moments to control his
ceilings, and occasionally during his
peech his voice would choke and he
nth difficulty continued. The monu-
,ent was accepted in the name of the
ssociation by Col. Jno M. Vanderslioe,
Philadelphia. Col. z. Penn Smith
hen in very interesting speech turned
YER to the Memorial Association .
ablet for Cushing's battery, which was
lso received by Col. Vanderslice.
AN HISTORICAL SPOT.
The crowd then moved near the
amous clump of trees where Gowan's
artery monument is erected, and when
II was ready, Col. Andrew Cowan in
Rev. Jas. X. Dickson, who
fered the pray ers. Mrs. Pickett was
here, and ascended the platform and
;ol. Cowan arising, thanked her for her
resence, and also welcomed the wife of
he commander of the Philadelphia
rigsde, whose husband, twenty four
ears ago, began the raid on Webb's
taft, who brought him the order
pace MS guns Wnere the
monument now is, and who
10 had not seen again till last
light. He then presented Serino Il.
'aine as orator who spoke for about
wenty minutes and then transferred
he monument to the memorial associa-
ion, on whose behalf it was accepted by
,aptain s. c. Wagner. Lieut.. w. Saw
er on behalf Of the battery then
banked Col. Cowan for his efforts to
ring about this dedication and its
uccess.
Perhaps the most interesting incident
4 the whole dedication was the presents-
ion by Cowan to the Pickett division
ssociation Of the sword which he took
uring Pickett's famous charge. The
'arty then broke up and returned to
own.